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Originally Posted by Boromir88
Tolkien didn't write a story to mimic or be similar to the Bible.
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I see a huge difference between borrowing character types and borrowing storylines. Having a Jesus character is not the same as having a Bible story.
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Originally Posted by Lommy
That's dangerous; it that prevents us from seeing that there are other perspectives.
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Equally dangerous to free thinking is to say "Elrond is Elrond and should only be seen as Elrond. No outside connections, coincidental or not, should be considered, even if only for amusement."
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Originally Posted by Beth
The problem with this kind of linking is how to distinguish which are the most likely and the most unlikely and what principles to use in making the associations.
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The problem with that idea is saying that I should be concerned with logic when making associations.
